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.For those who like to experiment with something completely new, there is a new breakthrough in gardening design ideas
.This design is suitable for those who have a small narrow place, such as apartment balcony or home office space
It called Sky Planter
?Can imagine how its works
.Sky Planter is the new gardening solution for small space inside your home or office designed by Patrick Morris
This sky planter patrick morris’s award winning design provides a solution to fussy plant into small environment or a way to use plants
. as ‘eye catching’ design elements. Its reduce your watering of household plants by up to 80%
The Sky Planter is a pot made of ceramics which especially designed to locks the plant and soil into place and hang from a ceiling or
. wall-mount, equipped with a reservoir hidden in the top waters plants gradually
.Sky Planter is a practical planting solution for modern living areas where space can be limited

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Purify your air
.Breath fresh naturally filtered air
Save your time and save your plants
.Refill the self-watering SKY PLANTER CLASSIC only once or twice a month
Transform your view of nature
.Look up and enjoy the beauty of nature with a SKY PLANTER

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!So let's try to do it at home

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Materials

.tin cans w/ plastic resealable lid or plastic liter soda bottles
.a wire hanger like from the dry cleaners
.fabric scraps
.scissors and an exacto knife
.hair dryer if using plastic water bottles
.can opener if using tin cans
.plants -herbs work well for these, also tomatoes and some flowers
.duct tape
.spray adhesive optional
.drill or a hammer and a nail will work – this is for making small holes
.potting soil
.coffee filters or landscape fabric scraps
.wire cutters and pliers


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Instructions

for can planter
.Peel labels off the can, then wash and dry the can thoroughly
.Use a can opener to remove the bottom of the can
.Make holes in the disc that was the bottom of the can
.You can use a drill with a tiny bit, or a hammer and nail
.Use the hammer to flatten any loose bits of metal that pop up from the holes, for safety
.Also make two holes in the sides of the can 1/4″ from the bottom, equidistant from each other, and on opposite sides of the can
.These are for hanging the planter

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.Put your hand up through the tin can and hold the bottom inside it, and inch down from where it was originally attached
Use duct tape to tape the bottom firmly in this position. when you are done taping, you will have a can with the bottom recessed an
. inch into the can and with little holes in it


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.Flip the can over and put some soil in. place your plant innext and fill the can with soil around your plant
.Pack firmly so the soil is pretty tight, filling up to the top of the can
.Trace the bottom of the can on a coffee filter or landscape fabric and cut out the circle
.Fold the circle in half, and cut a small hole in the center of the circle
.This hole should be the diameter of your plants main stem
.Cut one slit in the circle from the outside to the hole in the center
.Slide this circle around the plant stem and rest it on top of the can
.This will prevent soil from spilling out when the planter is flipped over

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.Trace a circular object with an approximately 2″ diameter in the center of the plastic lid of the can
.Cut this circle out with an exacto knife
Gently maneuver your plant through this hole, sliding the plastic lid towards the rim of the can, pulling leaves gently through the
. hole
.Close the can tightly with the plastic lid
.Put a ring of duct tape around the top rim of the can, sealing the connection between the lid and the can
.Cut a piece of fabric to wrap around the circumference of the can with 1/4″ overlap
.Make this piece of fabric 1/2 inch longer than the height of the can
Spray the inside of the fabric with spray adhesive and wrap it neatly around the planter, starting flush with the bottom of the
. planter (where the plant comes out), hiding all the duct tape
Fold the extra 1/4″ of fabric over the top lip of the planter (which used to be the bottom) into the recessed portion, adding extra
. adhesive to keep it stuck down if necessary
.Find the two hanger holes with your fingers and use a needle or a nail to poke through the fabric to reopen the holes
.Cut a 5″ piece of wire from the wire hanger and bend the two ends into small u-hooks
.Bend the wire into a “c” shape and hook the ends through the two hanger holes, creating a handle for hanging the planter


For the bottle planter

.Clean, wash, and dry the bottle
.Use your exacto knife to cut the mouth of the bottle, leaving a hole with a 2-3″ diameter at the top of the bottle neck
.Also cut the bottom of the bottle off where the bottom of the label line would be
.Keep the bottom and throw out the bottle mouth and cap

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.Use your hairdryer to soften the plastic at the top of the bottle neck
.With your hairdryer on high, wave it near the top of the bottle for a few seconds, until you see the plastic warping
Then use your fingers (the plastic will be hot but not burning) To push the top of the bottle inward, inverting the conical part into
. the body of the bottle
.The bottle should fold inward so that by pushing in the curved neck, you have created an even cylinder on the outside


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.Use a drill or a hammer and nail to poke small holes in the bottom piece of the bottle, which you had just removed
.Trace the bottom of the bottle on a coffee filter or landscape fabric and cut out the circle
.Cut a small hole in the center of the circle, the diameter of your plant stem, and cut a slit from outside to the center hole

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.Remove most of the surrounding soil from your plant, leaving only roots
.Place the filter around the stem of your plant like your plan is wearing a bib
.Feed your plant gently from the opening in the bottom of the bottle through the hole in the top of the bottle
Now fill the planter through the bottom with soil, packing it tightly against the roots of the plant. fill it almost to the top, then tuck
. the bottom of the bottle back inside the planter, packing the soil in
.Put a ring of duct tape around the lip of the bottom and the bottle, so now the bottom is recessed into the planter
.The inset lip of the top of the bottle allows water to drip down the sides, and not spill out the hole
.Poke two small holes across from each other down 1/4″
.From the top rim (by the top i mean the old bottom, because now the planter is upside down
.Follow steps 10-12 from the can planter to cover your bottle planter with fabric and attach the hanger handle
.Hang your planters somewhere with good light
.The great thing is that they are easy to relocate if they are getting too much/too little sun


!!YOU’RE DONE

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